Maintenance 5-3-15 to 5-10-15 When I checked my cages on Sunday, I was pleased to see that while my oysters had grown a bit over the past three weeks, there was only modest growth of fouling organisms on my cages. As the water continues to warm, the degree of fouling...

Maintenance 4-6-15 to 4-12-15 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! As we mentioned in our last maintenance letter back in December, we promised to begin sending these letters out again in the Spring as the water temperatures began to rise. Routine...

Year-End Maintenance It’s time to put your oysters to bed for the winter! There are just a few things you need to do to put your oysters to bed for the winter. First of all, give them one last good dunking up and down to wash off any accumulated silt and sediment that...

Maintenance 11-3-14 to 11-9-14 “They’re beginning to look a lot like oysters!”My “spat” really began to take on the shape of an oyster shell this past week. Once again, due to falling water temperatures, there was very little fouling or growth on my cages. Here’s what...

Maintenance 10-27-14 to 11-2-14 On Sunday when I checked my oysters, there was some growth on my cages since last week, but the rate of “fouling” growth is slowing down as the water temperature drops. There was, however, quite an accumulation of silt and sediment on...